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Town including outgrowths · Census 2011 · code 802056

Kanker population.
Households, literacy and work.

Primary Census Abstract for this town in Chhattisgarh, using 2011 geography.

Chhattisgarh · Census 2011Uttar Bastar Kanker district
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total includes the outgrowths (OG) explicitly included in the source name; it is not a municipal-core-only count. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population37,442people
Households8,724PCA households
Literacy rate88.48%% of people aged 7+
Work participation36.6%% of all residents
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Population, children, literacy and work by sex

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople37,44218,42119,021
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–64,0812,0821,999
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+29,51715,25414,263
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.48%93.36%83.79%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,5451,2381,307
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople9,4054,4904,915
Total workersCensus workers13,7029,7833,919
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population36.6%53.11%20.6%
Main workersworked at least 6 months11,3298,4422,887
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months2,3731,3411,032
Non-workerspeople23,7408,63815,102

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Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15863; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
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What stands out in this profile?

  • Census 2011 recorded 8,724 households and 37,442 residents.
  • Children aged 0–6 made up 10.9% of residents.
  • Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 93.36% for males and 83.79% for females.
  • Of 13,702 workers, 82.68% were main workers.

What kinds of work were recorded?

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Economic activityMain workersMarginal workers
Cultivators402214
Agricultural labourers7001,197
Household industry workers30571
Other workers9,922891

The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.

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Source components of this town

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Published componentDistrict codeSubdistrict codePeople
Kanker (M + OG)4130335137,442

The profile combines non-overlapping source components.

Town proper, excluding outgrowths

The source also supplies a narrower town-proper record. It contains 27,541 people. This component is already inside the wider total and must not be added again.

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Indicator · Census 2011TotalMalesFemales
Populationpeople27,54113,52114,020
Children aged 0–6people aged 0–63,0221,5471,475
Literate populationliterate people aged 7+21,71211,19010,522
Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+88.55%93.45%83.87%
Scheduled Castes populationpeople2,0419861,055
Scheduled Tribes populationpeople5,3472,5612,786
Total workersCensus workers9,8027,1532,649
Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population35.59%52.9%18.89%
Main workersworked at least 6 months8,9636,6622,301
Marginal workersworked less than 6 months839491348
Non-workerspeople17,7396,36811,371

Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract
Data! rows 15864; original PCA field codes are documented in field-definitions.json.
Source access notes and archived workbooks